Mocha-Walnut Marbled Bundt

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I’m on a Dorie Greenspan kick. I used this recipe but there was a key step missing so I added it below in my recipe.

INGREDIENTS

2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 cup finely ground walnuts
teaspoon baking powder
teaspoon salt
sticks plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
1/4 cup coffee, hot or cold
teaspoon espresso powder
1 3/4 cups sugar
large eggs
teaspoons pure vanilla extract
cup whole milk, at room temperature

DIRECTIONS

Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 350° F. Butter a 9- to 10-inch (12-cup) Bundt pan, dust the inside with flour and tap out the excess.

Whisk together the flour, ground walnuts, baking powder, and salt.

Set a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water. Put 2 tablespoons of the butter, cut into 4 pieces, into the bowl, along with the chocolate, coffee, and instant coffee. Heat the mixture, stirring often, until the butter and chocolate are melted and everything is smooth and creamy—keep the heat low so that the butter and chocolate don’t separate. Remove the bowl from the heat.

Working with a stand mixer, preferably with a paddle attachment, or with a hand mixer in a large bowl, beat the remaining 2 sticks butter and the sugar at medium speed for about 3 minutes—you’ll have a thick paste; this won’t be light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one by one, beating well after each addition. The mixture should look smooth and satiny. Beat in the vanilla extract. Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the dry ingredients and the milk alternately, adding the dry mixture in 3 portions and the milk in 2 (begin and end with the dry ingredients).

Pour half the batter (without the chocolate coffee mixture) into the prepared bundt pan.  Then pour the chocolate coffee mixture on top of that.  Do a final layer of the rest of the batter.  Take a knife and make gentle swirling motion around the pan. Just go around once trying not to scrape the sides or bottom with the knife.

Bake for 65 to 70 minutes, or until a thin knife inserted deep into the center of the cake comes out clean. Transfer the Bundt pan to a rack and let cool for 10 minutes before unmolding, then cool the cake completely on the rack.

Decorate or frost as desired.  I used a shot of espresso and 2 cups of powdered sugar.

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